Thursday, May 5, 2011

Capturing the Moment: A Picture is Worth a Billion Words

Since this is his last day at the company he's been working for the past three years, John asked me to make a couple batches of cinnamon rolls so he could bring them in this morning for everybody.  He said he wanted to go out with a "bang!"

So, last night and very early this morning (he has to be there by 5:30 am), I got the cinnamon rolls ready.  Pulled them out of the oven and frosted them right before 5:30, so they would be nice and warm when he brought them to work.  They looked and smelled heavenly.

After John left, I sat down to enjoy one with my coffee in peace and quiet before the girls woke up; and while I was sitting there, I thought, I need to put this recipe on my blog and I need to take a picture of a cinnamon roll before they're all gone.  People like to see pictures of what you're writing about, right?

I got out a pretty plate, put a new cinnamon roll on it and frosted it carefully.  Then I realized I couldn't take a picture of it on my dining room table because it wasn't nice enough.  So I got out some pretty napkins and arranged them with the plate on it.  Then I thought I should put a mug of cofffee in it to really complete the picture.  So, I dumped my coffee into a nicer mug and looked for the camera.

The camera was full, so I had to go through and delete a bunch of pictures.  I was ready to start shooting.  I took one picture and the camera shut down, low battery.  Oh no!  No worries (as Lexi would say), I could probably snap a few by turning it off and on real quick.

As I was leaning over my dining room table, one half covered with junk, the other with a pretty napkin, taking pictures of a cinnamon roll on a fancy plate at 5:30 in the morning with my camera shutting down between each quick snap, I thought, "I am truly crazy!"

I'll post the cinnamon roll recipe later...with a picture, of course!

2 comments:

  1. I do believe as mothers and women, every single one of us has a story like that. Alot of people would have given up right away. Even though it is just a cinnamon roll, it shows that if we just try a little harder and think a little smarter we can do anything we set out minds to!!! I hope you have an amazing day and thank you for sharing this. I really enjoyed it!

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  2. I do the whole "clear half the table for a picture" thing often :) Gordon thinks I'm crazy but that's ok ;) AND blog posts are definitely better with pictures!

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